After the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Angelou was inspired by a meeting with writer James Baldwin and cartoonist Jules Feiffer to write I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a way of dealing with the death of her friend and to draw attention to her own personal struggles with racism.

The time setting of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is in the 1930s and 1940s, before the civil rights movement, but in the midst of the Great Depression and World War II. Stamps, Arkansas is a segregated Southern town in which Maya is raised by her grandmother.

After overhearing the argument between Big Bailey and Dolores, Maya feels heroic and merciful when she tries to console Dolores. Maya has changed from a self-conscious and nervous girl to a defiant young woman, perhaps remaking herself in the image of the strong women who have influenced her.

What is Maya Angelou’s purpose for writing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? to inform readers about formative events in her early life to convince readers that pursuing a formal education is a waste of time to teach readers how to write as she does to entertain readers with funny stories about her marriage.

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How do the events in “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” most influence Maya Angelou’s later poem, “The Caged Bird”? Her childhood experiences gave her an understanding of being trapped and being free.

What inference can be made about Mrs. Flowers in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? A: She is aloof, arrogant toward others, and a bit snobbish.

Flowers has a wit and sensitivity towards the feelings and emotions of the people around her. She is aware of how people feel, even if they don’t say it, and she does it through observation and reasoning. This is very evident in the line “That is a very good job, Mrs. Henderson.

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She was the first female inaugural poet in U.S. presidential history. In 1993 Angelou recited her poem, “On the Pulse of Morning,” for President Bill Clinton’s inauguration. She became the first African American poet and first female poet to participate in a recitation for a U.S. president’s inauguration.

Maya Angelou is my hero because she encourages people to “take life by the lapels”, to face your trials and hardships. She is a person who looks for the positive and never gives up. Her ability to stay strong throughout the early years of her life makes her a hero to me.

Angelou’s audio recording of the poem won the 1993 Grammy Award in the “Best Spoken Word” category, resulting in more fame and recognition for her previous works, and broadening her appeal.

She is the recipient of numerous honors and recognitions including the Ladies Home Journal Woman of the Year in Communication Award (1976); Top 100 Most Influential Women (1983); the Golden Eagle Award for her documentary, Afro-American in the Arts (1977); and, named one of the Top 100 Best Writers of the 20th Century.

Angelou has received more than 30 honorary degrees and has been inducted into the Wake Forest University Hall of Fame for Writers. In 2010 President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor.

Although I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings did not win the National Book Award in 1970, in 2013, the National Book Foundation awarded the book and its author the Literarian Award.

She took on so many roles: she was a writer, poet, filmmaker, actor, dancer, civil rights activist, and much more. Writer: She is perhaps most famous for her best-selling, award-winning autobiographical book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, about her upbringing in the South.

16, 1996. When she was 8 years old, Maya Angelou stopped speaking. She silenced her voice because she thought her voice had killed a man. For almost five years, she spoke to no one but her beloved brother, Bailey.

Maya Angelou taught a message of being the best person you can be – that means chasing your dreams and believing in your one true vision. Do it with compassion, with kindness, and with insight. Go forth and let your solitary fantasy transform as many realities for the better.

Still I Rise

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“Still I Rise” is primarily about self-respect and confidence. In the poem, Angelou reveals how she will overcome anything through her self-esteem. She shows how nothing can get her down. She will rise to any occasion and nothing, not even her skin color, will hold her back.

Bertha Flowers is a dramatic example of the impact a teacher can make on a young student. Her wisdom, and especially the extra attention she gave this neglected little girl, influenced Angelou for years to come. “I was liked, and what a difference it made,” Angelou wrote.

Like elements within a prison narrative, the caged bird represents Angelou’s confinement resulting from racism and oppression. The caged bird metaphor also invokes the “supposed contradiction of the bird singing in the midst of its struggle”.

1. Oprah Winfrey. She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. Angelou mentored TV host Oprah Winfrey from her twenties onwards, acting as a support, friend and guide throughout her career.

Many of her poems are about love, relationships, or overcoming hardships. Her poems continue the themes of mild protest and survival also found in her autobiographies, and inject hope through humor. Tied with Angelou’s theme of racism is her treatment of the struggle and hardships experienced by her race.

What does the poem’s speaker mean by the phrase “I’ll rise”? The speaker means that she as a female and women all around will rise up to the occasion and defeat anything that is in their way. No one can stop them.

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Answer: This is used as a metaphor to represent the white people being oblivious to the African-Americas and showing racism towards them. The effective use of metaphors and repetition in this poem creates a sense of drive for equality making a stronger message for equal rights between everyone.

What is equality? Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an equal opportunity to make the most of their lives and talents. It is also the belief that no one should have poorer life chances because of the way they were born, where they come from, what they believe, or whether they have a disability.

Maya Angelou’s poem, “Equality,” published in 1990 (“EQUALITY – Maya Angelou. African – American Poetry,’” 1990), addresses how black women are seen and treated in the eyes of men, and calls for an end to gender and racial inequality.

In the poem ‘Equality’ by Maya Angelou the themes of equality, racism and discrimination are conveyed through the use of repetition and metaphors. The phrase ‘equality and I will be free’ is repeated throughout this poem six times.